Ole Sherman Smith can give you a history lesson on the 'family tree(s)' of the current Statesman. The weekly Statesmen (where Sherm worked back in the day) was founded in 1910 by a Mr. Crowe (Methodist preacher with sikeston roots).The Messenger was the older/first Dexter paper--bought out by Barney Miller in the early 60's(?) after he bought the Statesmen in '58. Gary Rust & Sherm bought old Barney 'Fife' out. But, it was great reading 2 weekly papers 'back in the day' as they say...oh, and Sherman worked @ Sigler Chev.-Olds before he embarked on a newspaper career...

Kathleen is a resident of Dexter. She was born in Indiana, but her parents moved their family back to the Dexter area when she was three. Other than three years she and her husband, Collin, lived in St. Charles, Mo. and ten years in Birmingham, Alabama, she has spent her life in Dexter.
As you can tell, Kathleen is a people person and believes in giving credit to whom credit is due. Thus, the reason for her hero/heroine column every other week in Kathleen's Korner. As you can tell, she also like to have fun, most of the time at her own expense.
Kathleen (Grubbs) is a 1964 graduate of Dexter High School and invites her friends to her "Korner."